Fig 1.
Flow diagram describing literature search and selection of studies (PRISMA 2009 flow chart).
Table 1.
Sero-epidemiological studies using Ag-ELISA and/or EITB for human cysticercosis in Africa.
Table 2.
Sero-epidemiological studies using Ag-ELISA and/or EITB for human cysticercosis in Latin America.
Table 3.
Sero-epidemiological studies using Ag-ELISA and/or EITB for human cysticercosis in Asia.
Fig 2.
Global distribution of the endemic countries where Ag-ELISA and/or EITB based epidemiological studies were held.
Light yellow represents the countries confirmed as endemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) until 2012 [66]. Circles represent the countries where Ag-ELISA based studies took place. Each color represents the average prevalence per country found from the selected articles in this review classified in 0 to 5 percent; 5 to 10 percent and more than 10 percent. Triangles represent the countries where EITB based studies took place. Each color represents the average prevalence per country found from the selected articles in this review classified in 0 to 5 percent; 5 to 10 percent and more than 10 percent.
Table 4.
Taeniasis reports from Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Table 5.
Factors affecting serological variations of human cysticercosis infection and exposure to T. solium eggs.